All blog posts

Couples

• Expat couples, co-dependency or dependency

• Enhance the emotional connection with your partner

• Expat Spouse Dependency - Anna's story

• Expat Spouse Dependency - Camilla's story

• Codependency in expat couples

• Divorcing abroad - and what is a stuck parent?

• Enhance your relationship with couples' therapy

• How do you keep your relationship fit to survive the corona lockdown?

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Corona

• How do you keep your relationship fit to survive the corona lockdown?

• The pandemic of loneliness - alleviate the stressors of social isolation

• Feeling fear - how to remain calm in difficult times

• How to cope with grief as an expat

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Depression & Anxiety

• Winter depression - Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD

• How to care when mental illness hits

• Depression in expats

• Loneliness in expats

• The pandemic of loneliness - alleviate the stressors of social isolation

• Feeling fear - how to remain calm in difficult times

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Loneliness and homesickness

• A personal account of loneliness

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Trailing spouse

• The missing piece - struggles of the trailing spouse

• A personal account of loneliness

• Expat Spouse Dependency - Anna's story

• Expat Spouse Dependency - Camilla's story

• Codependency in expat couples

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Grief

• How to cope with grief as an expat

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Children

• Notes on mother tongue in expat children

• TCKs & ECS

• Expat mum! Super hero!

• Do Danish babies sleep outside?

• Baptism and confirmation

• Childcare facilities and schooling

• Children's birthday parties

• Associations

• Teenagers and jobs

• Teenage life: sex, alcohol and freedom

• Rights and responsibility of children in Denmark

• Student graduation celebration

• How to support your expat child in Denmark

• A guide to Danish school life

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Friendships

• Maintaining friendships at home

• Tips on befriending Danes

• How to deal with the curse of expat friendship

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Identity, strength, selfcare and emotional resilience

• Emotional resilience for expats

• Building and applying strength

• How has expat life affected your identity?

• Selfcompassion

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Holidays​

• Post holiday blues

• Tips for holidaying in your home country

• Tips for having guests visiting from hom

 

Empty Nest Syndrome​

• What is ENS?

• Why is ENS often worse for expat parents? 

• How to deal with the challenges of ENS

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Language

• Shame - on language

• Notes on mother tongue in expat children

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Phases of expat life

• Making the decision to live abroad

• Deciding and preparing for life abroad

• Falling in love

• Attachment style and culture shock

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Home culture

• Celebrate your culture through home interior design

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War & mental health

• Protecting your mental health when feeling fearful

• Talking with your child about the Ukraine War